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This video shares ten vegetables you can sow to start growing your own food successfully. I talk through reliable crops that germinate well and produce great harvests when started at the right time.
I also share simple sowing tips, spacing advice, and early care techniques to help seedlings grow strong and healthy. A helpful guide for gardeners who want to grow more food and make the most of their growing space.
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are my top 10 vegetable seeds to sew in
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March. Welcome to Gardening with Ben.
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And in today's video, we're going to
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talk about our top 10 vegetable seeds to
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grow this month. March is the main
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growing time to start a lot of the seeds
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off. And then once April gets in, then
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everything can start to be sewn. So,
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what are the top 10 vegetables that I
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choose to sew in March? First off being
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radish. Radish is one of the fastest
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growing vegetables of all time and you
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can be harvesting it in about 8 weeks at
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least and if it's warm it'll grow even
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faster. Now I'm growing mine in my poly
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tunnel so hopefully it will get harvest
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pretty fast down here. Next up are
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carrots. Again, it needs a bit of warmth
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to get them germinated and to get them
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growing. I'm growing mine in the raised
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beds in the poly tunnel again where it's
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warmer and will get some great
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germination. Now, if you're sewing them
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outdoors, sew them at the end of the
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month when it is a bit warmer, but
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either sew them in trays first and then
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plant them out once the chance of frost
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has gone. Next up is lettuce. Cut and
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come again lettuce, iceberg lettucees.
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Start them all off in your seed trays
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and then you can get planting them
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outside or when it gets warmer and the
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chance of frost has passed, you can
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directly sew them into the ground or
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into your raised beds if you're growing
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them in a poly tunnel or a greenhouse.
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Next up is spinach. Make it big and
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strong like papaya. Another good one to
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start. Now start them off in your seed
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trays in your greenhouse. All my seeds
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are getting sewn in unheated greenhouse.
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I don't have heaters. I'm up north where
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it is colder, but they'll germinate
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eventually and get growing and I've
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always started mine off in March and
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they do absolutely fantastic. So spinach
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is a good one to start. Next up is
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beetroot. Again, start them off in seed
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trays and then plant them out once the
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chance of frost is gone. Like a lot of
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these, you can't plant them outdoors yet
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if there's a lot of frost near where you
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are. Like we've had a pretty mild winter
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so far, so we've done pretty well, but
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it's not worth that risk. We might still
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get a big cold snap. So, always be
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careful. Start them off in seed trays in
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a greenhouse until they're big and
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strong enough and you can plant them out
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when the chance of frost is gone. Next
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up are early peas. If you're wanting to
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start them off now, start them off in
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cells and once they're big enough, then
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transplant them outside and protect them
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when if it is a frosty night because you
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don't want them to get burnt by the
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frost. But I start all mine off in cells
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because I have issues with mice, rats,
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squirrels pinching the seeds. So, I
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start them off and get them to a decent
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size and then I plant them out along
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some netting so that they can cling on
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and grow up and support them. Next up
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are broad beans. Like if you're getting
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a winter variety version, you can plant
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them straight into the ground outside.
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Whereas if you're getting a normal
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variety which will be ready to harvest
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in summer, start them off indoors if I
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were you because they not protected by
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the frost. And once they're big enough,
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plant them outside.
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Next up are spring onions. Another great
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thing to grow and it's pretty fast at
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growing as well. And I grow mine in
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clumps. They grow better in clumps. I
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use the disposable
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pots uh what disintegrate and sew a few
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seeds in them and once they've started
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germinating and big enough I plant the
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pot straight into the ground and leave
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it in the clump and it'll disintegrate
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and they'll grow nicely in a little
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clump. Next up is cabbage. Now time is
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to sew summer cabbage again indoors in a
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greenhouse. Once they're big enough and
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strong enough then you can plant them
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outdoors. But make sure you protect them
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from the pigeons because pigeons do love
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to eat brassacas. So make sure you
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protect them with netting. And yeah,
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cabbage is the one to grow. And finally,
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our tomatoes. If you've not started your
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tomatoes off, now is perfect time to do
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them in unheated greenhouse. I've sewn
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all mine this month. I don't saw many
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earlier in like indoors because it can
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get leggy and stuff like that. I'll grow
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mine in my indoor in my greenhouse where
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it's unheated. And yeah, they'll be
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ready to hopefully pot on once they're a
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bit big enough and then put plant into
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your area that you want them, whether
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it's outside or indoors. I'm going to be
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growing them in this poly tunnel. I've
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got 11 varieties this year. So, we're
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going to have a great crop of tomatoes.
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Fingers crossed. So, those are your top
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10 seeds to sew in March. Make sure you
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share it, make sure you like it, save
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it, and hopefully get some notes from
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it. Until next time, everyone. Remember,
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keep smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening with Ben.
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